Casket-handle.



PATENTED DEC. 1 0, 1907.

J. D. LAWRENCE.

GASKET HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY15. 1907.

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ATTOPNEYS KOEN-DAVID LAWRENCE, or PRINCETON, NEWJERSEYL- GASKET-HANDLE'.

Toawhom it may concern: i

Be it--known that L'JOHNv DAVID Law-` "inivcn, va citizen ofthe UnitedStates, and a I resident 4of Princeton. in the countyof Mercer fland-Statf NewJersey, have invented a '.new and-*- yproved Casket-Handle,ofwhich hefolloving at full, clear. and exact de-' j scription Myinvention relatesto handles of the kind 'lofusedupon burial casketsand'coflins. The :p sc of my invention is to improve thcfgeneralefficiency of the handle.

'i Referenceis to4 be had-*tov the accompany-- ingdrawingsforming a partof this specifica-` 1 1a tion, infwhichfsimilar- Characters of reference'indicate corresponding partsfin all the fig- Ire ,1 /@yiiigfmyiinprovedhandle and the plate ggfs 'portingthe s me, as connected with the Siel'ofla casket; i 2 isfa fragmentary section'showing the pivotalmounting for the drop .arms carryingthe handle; Fig. 3-is` averticalsectionthrough a part of the plate Z5-and one ofthe drop 'a .1'rns",v showing how the various arts'are connected and'also showingther-ubi er-gasketvjdisposed 'inside of the casketforthe purpose ofrendering thelsame watef roof and airtight.;- and Fig. 4 is a sec,- tienrnewhat'simiiar' to Fig. 3 but showing DOthQ, thl'u'gh the; side of acasket.

Band-may e of. woodor metal as desired. The" handle 'is'shown at 6 andis provided withienlarged ends 6a of ornamental'design.

rBracelet-s Tfa're secured upon drop arms 8 and encircle the-.handle 6.These braceletsare of metal'and are preferably steel cored. A-'me-L'tallic plate is shown .at 9 and is provided with ythickened portions 10.Metallic heads '11 are provided with lugs 12 'abutting the thickenedportions 10 of the plate.` a These heads ;11 are further provided withscrew'shanks 13 which extendl directly .i'ntothe casket andare securedupon the-inside thereof bynuts 14. Gaskets 15 of rub- -berare em loyedfor the purpose of renderingthe bolts airtight where they pass into thecasket. j The drop: arms 8. terminate in heads 16 each having a lu 17inte ral therewith. y; Eachlug 17 carrie by the the stationa lug 12integral with a head 1 1. 155-' Eachlug -17. 1s connected with a lu`g 12matlng the same by a fpin 18, which snnply ex- Specification of LettersPatent. l I lpplicaton filed July 15.1907. Serial No. 383.787.

rf 'forni of fastening for extending` "it-' lfhe body ortion of thecasket is shown at op varm mates Patented nec.- io; 19o7.

tends through both lugs and terminates flush with the adjacent portionsof the plate 9.

A portion 19 of arcuate form is connected with each drop arm 8,?. andforms a limiting stop for preventing vtheliandle from swinging too faroutward orlrisiig too hi h, as will be understood by dotted ylines inig. 8. Rubber buffers 6b are mounted upon the handle and serve tocushion the same relatively to the body portion of the casket.

In the forni shown in Fig. 4 the construction -is nearly the same 'asthat above described. -The only dierence is that the head 2()(corresponding tothe -head 11 in the other figures) is held position bya screw bolt 21 provided with a head 22, the. l khead being disposedwithin the casket and a fragmentary side elevation the screw boltextending outwardly to enl gage .the head 20. In this case a gasket 23to maintain the same airtight relatively to the body portion of thecasket.

A is applied-to the screw head 22 and servesl `My invention is used asfollows: In order to assemble the parts the operator places the head 11and the head 16 in such position that the lugs 12 and 17 lie side byside, or in loperation being performed at both ends of the handle', thescrew vstems l13 are next passed directly through the plate 9 and theheads 11"are now brazed or otherwise secured iirmly to the plate 9. l

It will be.l noted that the .pins -18 do not extend into the plate 9'but.terminate iush withthe outer edges of the lugs 12, 17. The i I'pins, however, are unable to travel endwise because of the thickened'portions 10 of the plate 9. By this arrangement. when A`the handle isswung outward' and pressureap-g plied to its under surface for thepurpose of lifting the casketjthe strain islvnot thrown' upon the plate9. Such being-the case it is notnecessary to secure the plate '9 to theside of the casket by aid of unsightly screws7 bolts or nails, as thereis little or no strain upon it, the strain being directly borne by l theheads 11 or 20, as the case may be, and

.screw bolts extending through the bodyr portion of the casket'.

Having thus described myv invention,- I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

The combination of a head provided with for securing said head to theside of a casket, l being further provided with surfaces against a droparm provided with a head and with which the heads of said pins looselyfit.

a lug integral with said head, said last-mem In testimony whereof I havesigned my tioned lug having a thickness approxiname' to thisspecification in the presence of 5 matelyeqml to gne-half theWidthofsadiastl; i two subscribing witnesses.

mentione heaI a pin eXtenoing t roug said `lugs and` terminatingsubstantially JOHN DAVID LAWRENCE' iush with the outer edges thereof,and an Titnesses:

inelosing member provided with an open- EDWARD FROHLING, 10 ing intowhich said lugs extend, said opening EDWARD V. BAINWiN.

